onomotopoetically

English

Etymology

From onomatopoetical +‎ -ly.

Adverb

onomotopoetically (comparative more onomotopoetically, superlative most onomotopoetically)

1. By means of onomatopoeia.
   • 2000, Winston Napier, African American Literary Theory: A Reader, page 233:

     The “musical sign,” on the other hand, suggests cultural signals that function onomatopoetically by calling to mind “natural” sounds, or sounds “naturally” associated with common human situations.

   • 2010, Seo-Young Chu, Do Metaphors Dream of Literal Sleep?, page 49:

     Just as the word “buzz” onomatopoetically “sounds like” buzzing, so too do words such as “noocytes,” "positronic," and "ansible"" onomatopoetically "sound like" science.

   • 2010, Theodore Levin, Where Rivers and Mountains Sing:

     Camels walk with a lurching gait, onomatopoetically called jonjoo in Mongolian (“jon-joo jon-joo jon-joo”), which English might render, less onomatopoetically, as “clump, clump, clump.”